JELL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jell mean? 

• JELL (verb)
  The verb JELL has 1 sense:

1. become gelatinous

  Familiarity information: JELL used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JELL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jell    ... he / she / it jells   
Past simple: jelled   
Past participle: jelled   
-ing form: jelling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Become gelatinous

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

congeal; jell; set

Context example:

the liquid jelled after we added the enzyme

Hypernyms (to "jell" is one way to...):

solidify (become solid)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

 Context examples 

The jelly won't jell and I don't know what to do!

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

She did her best, she asked advice of Mrs. Cornelius, she racked her brain to remember what Hannah did that she left undone, she reboiled, resugared, and restrained, but that dreadful stuff wouldn't 'jell'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)